literacy
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Regardless, according to Lusardi, financial literacy is more important than ever, given the unprecedented risks the financial markets face and the counterintuitive ways in which the markets are responding to those risks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Financial literacy just hit a 10-year low — and it is devastating bank accounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
After Clinton, Laura Bush, a librarian, played a more traditional role, focused on literacy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Public school teachers are trained to teach literacy, history and social studies, not theology, leaving educators to navigate how biblical texts will be presented while serving students from diverse religious backgrounds.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
The white man taking his application gave him the standard literacy tests: “What is the first line of the thirty-second paragraph of the United States Constitution?” he asked.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
Vocabulary lists containing literacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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